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Default Underground water leak

On 9/5/16 8:32 AM, dpb wrote:
On 09/05/2016 7:11 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
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This solution requires a piece of pvc pipe, a styrofoam cup, and
a stethoscope. Oh, almost forgot, tape.
http://www.farmshow.com/view_articles.php?a_id=467

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Wonder if he could hear the electrons escaping the end of that broken
feeder line to the cattle waterer heaters...


I bet he could if he taped the stethoscope to a satellite dish.

Supposedly, the old transistor radios could help find a break.
Connect a spark plug wire to the bad underground wire. Listen
for the spot with the most static.